Quotes Gordon Getty

Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. M...

Either your understanding of the meaning of music is there f...

I do not think that music keeps evolving. It evolved through...

I don't feel the need for a new language in music. The old o...

I don't think events in your life affect your music....

I feel that I belong to the 19th century. Some composers' mu...

I just have to take my chances like any other composer....

I personally do not write highbrow music. If I do, it's by a...

I see only adaptations - not revolutions....

I want to make the world better....

I was in Paris at an English-language bookstore. I picked up...

I'm a terrible singer, but it helps when I have to call a ta...

I've had every advantage in the world, despite the 18 years ...

I've managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of ...

If you have more money than you need, you have to give it aw...

It's true that I tend to daydream. I'm the same person in bu...

Maturity? There are things that come with experience - manag...

My father was so much more than an accomplished businessman....

My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I hav...

Nicolette, Kendalle, and Alexandra are my children. Their mo...

The Getty family has been fully supportive throughout this s...

The most important concern is that the children's needs be a...

There is no change - I'm as deep or as shallow as I ever was...

There is something out there that is infinitely beautiful, a...

When my opera Plump Jack was performed in 1989, my first pia...